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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Aug 1868
Source of text:
DAR 86: A34–5, DAR 160: 220
Summary:

Discusses the development of horns in antelopes. Remarks on the variation within and between the species of Cervus and on their relationship to each other.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare
Date:
24 Aug [1868?]
Source of text:
Sir Brooke Boothby (private collection)
Summary:

Thanks correspondent for information. CD does not care much for more cases of striped asses,

but is pleased at the interesting case of the affectionate jackal that licks like a domestic dog.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project